Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Landscapes of an American Modernist

Landscapes of an American Modernist is a seminal solo exhibition of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, framing her practice within the context of American landscape painting.

The exhibiition includes abstract oil paintings from the artist's Petroglyph Park Series, visualising the contested lands along the Río Grande River, west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and works on paper from the Chief Seattle Series, named for the leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish people. Together they comprise Smith’s “inhabited landscapes” in which she joins modernist color and abstract techniques with her unique visual vocabulary of figures. Mixing disparate influences, Smith creates a compelling and complex balance between indigenous traditions and a modernist style.